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RE: [xsl] XLST vs. X#

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S Woodside asked:

	Can something be limited, hard to use, but useful?

Although XSLT is not an example of this, the answer is yes.  The original
personal computers (back in Altair days) were limited and quite often hard
to use, but they were still very useful to many people and  businesses.  The
original VCRs could probably be put into the same category, as well.

The key is in the implication that if something really is hard to use,
limited and useful, then it will be replaced by something easier to use,
less limited and even more useful.  If MS really buys Mr. Sax's comment,
then it certainly makes sense that it would want to be in the "second
generation" of XML translation systems.

Myself, I think this is a misinterpretation of an off-hand MS executive
remark, or a trial balloon put up by MS.  More likely they are referring to
including some form of IDE/Debugger for XSLT into the Visual Studio .Net
framework, something that has already been done by other developers.

	Steve


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